Dress for Success Mercer County has received a $50,000 grant from the Walmart State Giving Grant Program. The grant will fund financial literacy and customer service excellence programs at the Lawrence Township based nonprofit that helps disadvantaged women become self-sufficient though employment.
The Dress for Success Financial Literacy Program helps clients develop robust money management skills and to make healthy financial choices. Clients are taught through interactive workshops focused on real-life tasks such as opening personal checking accounts, paying bills, balancing checkbooks, making purchases, accessing on-line financial information, accumulating savings and reducing debt.
The Customer Service Excellence program will provide clients with practical training on business communication, presentation and interpersonal skills, managing customer expectations, electronic customer service protocols, telephone etiquette, conflict resolution and decision-making.
Relying on a balance of lectures, demonstrations, role play modules and interactive maps to showcase career pathways, the program will advance clients’ professional skills to give them the confidence to pursue employment in retail and aligned service sectors.
Dress for Success Mercer County is dedicated to empowering women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and the development tools to help women thrive in work and in life. The organization provides job readiness, educational, career mentoring and image enhancement programs that support clients through every stage of their employment journey – from pre-employment needs to professional development. Since it opened its doors in 2007, Dress for Success Mercer County has served more than 3,300 women and girls in the greater Mercer County region.
Pictured left to right: Dress for Success Mercer County Office Administrator Pam Mason, Customer Service Program Manager Stacey Gatlin, Executive Director Melissa Tenzer, GPN Program Manager Nancy Musco and Financial Literacy Program Manager Carole Bursac.,
